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Donald Trump Is So Stupid He Didn’t Understand Billy Joel Jibe

by Roger Wink, VVN Music on June 2, 2016

in News

Donald Trump failed to get that Billy Joel wasn’t complimenting him when he dedicated his song ‘The Entertainer’ to the failed reality star wanna be President of the USA.

Today I am your champion
I may have won your hearts
But I know the game, you’ll forget my name
And I won’t be here in another year
If I don’t stay on the charts

– Billy Joel’s The Entertainer

Billy Joel wrote The Entertainer, a song about a jaded musician, in the early 70’s and released it as his only single from the 1974 album Streetlife Serenade.

On Friday, he used the song a bit differently at his monthly Madison Square Garden show, dedicating it to presumed GOP nominee Donald Trump, saying The Donald had been keeping him entertained for a number of months.

While, on the surface, it might seem to be a sideways compliment, there must have been some fairly serious inflection in his voice because fans at the show began tweeting right away that he was taking a jab at Trump.

Trump’s reaction?

Joel did try to smooth things over a bit, telling Time “I’m in the entertainment business. Donald Trump’s campaign has been very entertaining. Aside from that, who cares about the political opinions of a piano player?”

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